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Post by lasnoopyla on Oct 16, 2019 3:33:48 GMT
I'm pulling for the Nationals now. Best part is doing it without Harper. Can’t see them beating either the Yankees or Astros, but can’t find myself rooting for the Nats either. Sucks not liking either of the teams left in the slightest. The Harper thing is funny though. Wonder how he feels about this? lol... |
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Post by trueblew on Oct 16, 2019 16:38:10 GMT
It would be sweet irony against Harper if the Nats won it all. If course he can cry himself all the way to fort Knox.
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Post by truedodger on Oct 16, 2019 20:45:44 GMT
@billplunkettocr
The pitching moves get dissected (and blamed) every fall. But the #Dodgers have batted .203 as a team in their past four season-ending postseason series defeats (.197 with RISP)
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It's the effing home run dependent offensive philosophy.
Bada Bing!
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Post by jrgreene6 on Oct 17, 2019 1:56:30 GMT
@billplunkettocr The pitching moves get dissected (and blamed) every fall. But the #Dodgers have batted .203 as a team in their past four season-ending postseason series defeats (.197 with RISP) ----------------------------------- It's the effing home run dependent offensive philosophy. Bada Bing! Perhaps. But good pitching defeats good hitting more times than not and in the last two years, poor managerial decisions regarding OUR pitching cost us two games. Last year it was Hill in Game Four; this year it was Kershaw in Game Five. And the Nats basically shut down the heavy hitting Cards with superior pitching. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 17, 2019 3:28:20 GMT
Also (& David Vassegh would call this asinine or great, depending on whose butt he was kissing at the time), prolonged rallies would have gotten the Dodgers into the Nats bullpen sooner. Single, single, walk, double, so forth. Of course it's much quicker & easier to score runs with one swing of the bat. But as Kershaw demonstrated with such clarity, that doesn't necessarily translate into a lot of pitches. He sucked & coughed up the lead on just six. Unfortunately, we don't get to face Clayton in October. He's allegedly on our side. We have too many of the same type of players.
I always harken back to The Big Red Machine as the best team I ever saw. Bench, Perez, Lee May, George Foster, & also guys like Pete Rose, Davy Concepcion, Ken Griffey Sr. & Bobby Tolan. They had a varied & balanced attack.
No. This isn't a bunt single, stolen base, Baltimore chop single & sacrifice fly offense I'm proposing. That was our pop gun offense of the 1960's. But we've pretty much abandoned running & very few of our players are willing to go the other way to exploit these rampant shifts.
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Post by truedodger on Oct 17, 2019 3:44:04 GMT
@billplunkettocr The pitching moves get dissected (and blamed) every fall. But the #Dodgers have batted .203 as a team in their past four season-ending postseason series defeats (.197 with RISP) ----------------------------------- It's the effing home run dependent offensive philosophy. Bada Bing! Perhaps. But good pitching defeats good hitting more times than not and in the last two years, poor managerial decisions regarding OUR pitching cost us two games. Last year it was Hill in Game Four; this year it was Kershaw in Game Five. And the Nats basically shut down the heavy hitting Cards with superior pitching. GO DODGERS!!! Oh yeah, DDF blunder is what totally cost us this year. But there is something to the all or nothing approach by the entire team that has failed in post-season. It works during the regular season but it's a complete failure in post-season. Plunkett's numbers don't lie. It might have to do with the constant lineup changes as opposed to the Astros, Red Sox, and now Nats that whooped our butt. DDF cost us this year but the offense is a major problem as well. I do like what Friedman said though that he is open to changing the complexion of the roster. I Hope the low batting average with some power guys are moved. |
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Post by truedodger on Oct 17, 2019 3:46:04 GMT
Also (& David Vassegh would call this asinine or great, depending on whose butt he was kissing at the time), prolonged rallies would have gotten the Dodgers into the Nats bullpen sooner. Single, single, walk, double, so forth. Of course it's much quicker & easier to score runs with one swing of the bat. But as Kershaw demonstrated with such clarity, that doesn't necessarily translate into a lot of pitches. He sucked & coughed up the lead on just six. Unfortunately, we don't get to face Clayton in October. He's allegedly on our side. We have too many of the same type of players. I always harken back to The Big Red Machine as the best team I ever saw. Bench, Perez, Lee May, George Foster, & also guys like Pete Rose, Davy Concepcion, Ken Griffey Sr. & Bobby Tolan. They had a varied & balanced attack. No. This isn't a bunt single, stolen base, Baltimore chop single & sacrifice fly offense I'm proposing. That was our pop gun offense of the 1960's. But we've pretty much abandoned running & very few of our players are willing to go the other way to exploit these rampant shifts. Nice post! I hope for offensive balance on this team going forward, it would be fantastic. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Oct 17, 2019 3:49:50 GMT
Did anyone steal a base other than Bellinger? He got to second twice in that final game with no outs and nobody could shorten up their swing and hit a simple single to knock him in.
Another run or two and a Kersh’s meltdown goes as just another “oopsey”.
So many things that could have us right now tuning up and waiting for our AL opponent.
I guess maybe we should be thankful as despite Doc’s MAJOR lapse in judgment against the Nats, we can only imagine him doing something even more inane, costing us another title three straight years.
And he’d continue to be the “golden boy” in the eyes of ownership / management.
GO DODGERS!!!
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 17, 2019 4:02:09 GMT
There was a time Bellinger would have been a 30-30 man, EASY
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Post by jrgreene6 on Oct 18, 2019 4:05:54 GMT
I see the narcissist Marlin tool sitting right behind home plate tonight at Yankee Stadium just as he was for the final two in DC.
Have to wonder who this clown is and how he keeps getting these primo seats for every playoff game in every city.
It’s not likely that he gets them via scalpers, which from what I heard and saw last year are pretty much extinct / illegal. Perhaps from local brokers?
Or is he a MLB plant for Miami trying to drum up ANY business and interest in Florida baseball for next and the following years? Are they that desperate?
Or is this just some mega rich millionaire that has nothing better to do with his money than fly all over the country and get his egotistical mug on camera as much as he possibly can?
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Post by jrgreene6 on Oct 18, 2019 4:18:06 GMT
In the meantime, Houston fulfilling their expectations for the postseason and looking to go up 3 - 1 against the mighty and heavily offensive Yanks.
Once again, as in DC, we see excellent pitching dominating; Yanks with 12 K’s tonight thru eight.
Stros with only six K’s (two coming here in the top of the ninth) putting balls into play without ALL of them over the fences. Sound familiar?
Yanks also have four errors and multiple wild pitches / passed balls.
Should be an interesting and likely low scoring World Series. Verlander, Greinke and Cole -vs- Strasburg, Scherzer and Corbin / Sanchez.
GO DODGERS!!!
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Post by jrgreene6 on Oct 19, 2019 19:16:19 GMT
So now I keep reading and seeing articles on how they are using a different “dead ball” in the playoffs. Does this make any sense to anyone?
And if so, we got screwed again by MLB as I’m guessing the Fresh Prince’s warning track shot in the ninth would have been a walk-off with the ball we saw all season.
Remember the “slick” ball most of the pitchers complained about in the Houston World Series?
Why does MLB insist on effing with things at the most critical and important part of their season?
GO DODGERS!!!
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 20, 2019 10:14:47 GMT
Still listening to the radio. Who is this? The guy says the only time Washington had a World Series team was 1933. I automatically wondered about 1924 & '25. Yes, I'm that big a baseball geek.
Congratulations to the Astros for beating the Spankees.
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Post by jrgreene6 on Oct 20, 2019 18:23:10 GMT
Still listening to the radio. Who is this? The guy says the only time Washington had a World Series team was 1933. I automatically wondered about 1924 & '25. Yes, I'm that big a baseball geek. Congratulations to the Astros for beating the Spankees. Made me smile that it was against the “mighty, unhittable” Chapman, too. The Fox dolts were already saying he was good to go for the tenth as well right before he laid that egg right down the middle to Altuve. I saw his flaws all the way back when he was with the local Redlegs. He’s a very good reliever, no doubt. But he, like the Vulture, has issues getting anything over or near the plate other than his fastball. And if hitters are patient and wait on it, they’re going to get one right down the pike. Once saw him walk the bases loaded on about 15 pitches and then give up a slam on the second pitch to the fourth batter. Reds ended up snatching defeat from the mouth of victory after being up three in the ninth. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 22, 2019 23:06:23 GMT
A strange thought just occurred to me; Since Kelly made the postseason roster over a more deserving Gonsolin, who would Friedman have left off if Verdugo had been healthy?
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